Art in 19 century France: Gustave Courbet

Courbet, a proponent of the Realism movement expresses his personal experience and observation. Two of my favourite Courbet paintings.

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Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers, 1849, Oil on canvas, 165 x 257 cm (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (destroyed)

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